At 14:25 -0700 2001-10-10, Carl W. Brown wrote: > > I think the problems fro WG2 to refernce Unicode web pages are the >> same as referencing Michael eversons web site. If the roadmaps are > > planning for the ISO standard, they should reside on the ISO web.
The Roadmaps have always, and will always, be informative. >I disagree with ISO's policy of charging for all of the public standards. >It is a barrier for small developers. If I want ISO 639 codes for example, >I look for public documents. These are copies of the ISO standards and may >not be up to date or have transcription errors because a direct copies of >the ISO files are copyright violations even if the data is a public standard >that is free for all to use. ISO does make some standards free. But the Roadmaps aren't standards. They are just aids to those of us doing the standardizing. >For a while I thought that maybe we should make http://www.egt.ie/ a formal >standards site and start a trust to maintain the site in the event of his >demise or retirement. (Just kidding) It would be http://www.evertype.com. Donations welcome. It would make it a lot easier for me to do my life's work. (Not really kidding.) -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com 15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach; Baile Átha Cliath 2; Éire/Ireland Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement)